engender.
To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
Meaning & usage
To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).
To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
To copulate, to have sex.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English engendren, from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerāre.
To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English gender English engender From en- + gender.
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